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1251:Pat Sheehan
1247:Mara Corday
1237:Myrna Weber
1210:Zahra Norbo
1141:Joan Staley
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572:Paul Newman
498:Burke's Law
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212:Joan Staley
181:Dale Sheets
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1095:October 6,
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601:Roustabout
528:Surfside 6
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394:, a 1920s
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1186:Playmates
659:horseback
642:Broadside
639:spin-off
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398:starring
288:Brigadoon
277:Hollywood
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617:Gunpoint
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282:The Robe
200:Children
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43:(1960)
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